POETIC Competitors

Harmony School of Creative Arts exists to cultivate the God-given artistic talents of residents of the Highland Lakes area of Texas, with exceptional education in a loving and nurturing environment. Students of all ages and backgrounds are welcome! Tuition rates are reasonable, with family discounts and limited scholarships available. The Academy of Dance produces the award-winning Fantasy Nutcracker each Christmas season. Classes are offered in classic ballet, jazz, lyrical, tap, and hip-hop, all taught by well-trained and professional instructors. Music options include piano, voice, guitar, violin, cello, percussion, ukulele, banjo, and bass guitar. Performance opportunities abound throughout the year. Summer camps center around the 'usual' activities, but also include culinary arts, creative drama, puppets, sewing, jewelry making, and more.

Founded in 1992, Creative Connections is a non-profit international cultural education organization that fosters global competency in children. We do this by creating and facilitating innovative arts-based exchanges between classrooms in the United States and their peers around the world. Creative Connections has expanded from initially working annually with 300 students to over 10,000 students today. We currently have school partners on five continents in 23 countries. In the USA, we facilitate programs in 114 classrooms across eight states.

DesignThinkers, Canada's only annual conference for visual communicators, is a must-attend for informed, forward-thinking creative communications and design professionals. At this inspiring two-day event that takes place in Toronto (in the Fall) and Vancouver (in the Spring), we offer in-depth analyses of trends and best practices in branding, design thinking, design management, communications technologies and user experience with a range of opportunities to exchange ideas with colleagues, new and old. Attendees leave with a reconsidered and refined design or creative process, feeling inspired, refreshed and connected to the creative communications community.